Maximum card size question

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As you can see I have a Nikon D300, Having rang Nikon about memory cards they can only say they can approve cards up to 8GB as that is all they have tested up to. I was wondering if this camera can take higher cards like 16gb or more as there seems to be little information about this anywhere.

Thanks for everyones replies in advance

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Definately will do 16GB just fine - I've got a Sandisk Extreme III and a Transcend 400x UDMA working fine in it.
 
Doesn't SDHC specify capcities up to 32GB? If the D300 is SCDH compatible, which I presume it is, you shouldn't have any problems. Check that you have the latest firmware.

SDXC, over 32GB, is a different story, as they've altered the standard - greedy suits...
 
Cistron said:
If the D300 is SCDH compatible, which I presume it is, you shouldn't have any problems. Check that you have the latest firmware.
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It takes CF cards and so checking the firmware isn't really going to do much there.
 
I think it is rather academic really. I personally would rather use 4 x 8gb. At least you know all your images are not on one single card. Just swap them round as you are getting down to 10-20 shots or less. Even with a bulk loader you wouldn't get much more than a 100 shots in the film days and people managed. Also getting lots of 8Gb will be far cheaper.
 
The D300 uses CF cards, not SD cards...that's the D3000

*edit* Puddleduck beat me to it...lol
 
Latest D3 firmware added support for cards up to 64Gb - so the firmware can make a difference.
 
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